Jonathan Frankel
Jonathan Frankel was a historian and writer. He was a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1964 to 1985, and a professor between 1985 and 2004.
Influence
Frankel was a noted historian of Modern Jewry, as testified in many obituaries: “the most highly regarded historian of modern Jewry of his generation” ; “arguably the greatest historian of modern Jewry of his generation” ; “a brilliant historian of Russian and Jewish history”.Frankel contributed to the historiography of East European Jewish life with his book Prophecy and Politics: Socialism, Nationalism, and the Russian Jews, 1862–1917, which became a classic at the moment of its publication. This work approached Jewish history of the nineteenth and early twentieth century from a completely new perspective.
He is credited with having "helped establish the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies" at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the study of modern Jewish politics.
Family
Frankel married Edith Rogovin in 1963; their marriage resulted in two daughters.Books
Vladimir Akimov on the Dilemmas of Russian Marxism 1895–1903: The Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Cambridge University Press, 1969Prophecy and Politics: socialism, nationalism and the Russian Jews, 1862–1917. Cambridge University Press, 1984, The Damascus Affair: 'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840. Cambridge University Press, . –.Social Radicalism: "Jewish Socialism" and Jewish Labour Movement in Eastern Europe, Open University of Israel, 2007 Crisis, Revolution, and Russian Jews. Cambridge University Press, 2009
Other works
- Jonathan Frankel, Jewish politics and the Russian Revolution of 1905, Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv University, 1982
Obituaries
- Steven J. Zipperstein, "Remembering Our Colleagues: Jonathan Frankel," Association for Jewish Studies, January 2008.
- Vladimir Levin, Professor Jonathan Frankel, Journal East European Jewish Affairs, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2008, pp. 251–252.
- Semion Gol’din and Vladimir Levin, "In memoriam of Jonathan Frankel," in: Arkhiv evreiskoi istorii, Vol. 5, pp. 347–351.
- Eli Lederhendler, "In Memoriam: Jonathan Frankel, 1935–2008," American Jewish History, July 2009, 94, pp. 225–227.